Euro Touring Series

July 15, 2018

Chassis Focus – Max Mächler

Chassis – Awesomatix A800X
Motor – Muchmore (handout)
ESC – Muchmore (handout)
Batteries – LRP Graphene2 8000 StockSpec
Tires – Volante (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/MKS
Bodyshell – Protoform Type S Pro-Lite

Remarks – Newly crowned Stock European Champion Max Mächler is running the new Awesomatix MMCX Conversion kit. He has been testing the car back to back with his normal car to compare the difference between the two motor layouts. The MMCX (Middle Motor Conversion Set) works with the normal A800X car basis, only chassis, top deck, motor mount and the belts are different. Choosing to run the car in A2, setting the fastest lap as he moved up from 8th to 3rd, he said, ‘the middle motor offers more rotation in every part of the track with less steering lock needed which increases corner speed even more’.

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July 15, 2018

Chassis Focus – Christopher Krapp

Chassis – Yokomo BD8 2018
Motor – Racing Performer M3 4.5
ESC – Racing Performer BL PRO4
Batteries – Racing Performer 6000
Tires – Volante (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Power HD
Bodyshell – Protoform Type 6 Pro Light

Remarks – Yokomo’s top qualifier here at Hudy Arena, Christopher’s BD8 features a Raceberry chassis which is a little harder than the standard BD8 version and therefore better suited to this big outdoor track. Also on the car is Yokomo’s new rear C-Hubs which are stiffer than the kit plastic version and give better rear rotation. Christopher is also running Yokomo’s ARS system with the only other optional being aluminium screws and turnbuckles.

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July 15, 2018

Chassis Focus – Giorgio Favaretto

Chassis – Fenix Mistral 2.0
Motor – Scorpion Power System (handout)
ESC – Scorpion Power System (handout)
Batteries – Marka 4700 HV
Tires – Volante (handout)
Radio/Servo – Sanwa/Highest
Bodyshell – Fenix Phi-gamma

Remarks – Fenix owner Giorgio is running what he termed the ‘Volante Edition’ of his latest Mistral Formula chassis, the new design to suit the new handout Volante tyre of the ETS. The car is now a total of 15mm longer between axles. This is achieved by a chassis plate that is 10mm longer and a pod that is 5mm longer. Another change to the chassis is it is now 2.2mm thick instead of 2.5mm. The car also features a wider front end. Overall the changes make the car more stable on the Volante tyre under braking.

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July 15, 2018

Video – Modified A-main Leg 2

July 15, 2018

Video – Pro Stock A-main Leg 2

July 15, 2018

Video – Formula A-main Leg 2

July 15, 2018

Video – Masters 40+ A-main Leg 2

July 15, 2018

Coelho caps off ETS title season with win No. 4

Bruno Coelho has capped off his title winning Yokomo Euro Touring Series campaign with a fourth win, the Xray driver wrapping up victory at the season finale at Hudy Arena with another tone to tone win in A2. Top qualifier at the Xray team’s home event, Coelho led home team-mate Alexander Hagberg with Schumacher’s Michal Orlowski the only one able to run with the Xray pairing. With the Top 3 finishing in the same order they started, the gaps between them evenly stretched out. Behind it was Ronald Völker who was the top mover of the race taking fourth ahead of Yokomo team-mate Christopher Krapp at the finish from 6th on the grid.

Commenting on his race, while Coelho was pleased with the win, he was less happy with how his car ran in A2. Having struggled a little in A1 yesterday, allowing Hagberg to almost get within striking distance, the 3-time back to back ETS Champion put that down to something being off in the car after he had an off in the final qualifier. He said, ‘at the start again the car was not so good. I struggled for the first 3-laps. After this the car was very good and I was able to pull away. It’s just the first 1-minute is the problem. I want to find out what the problem is so I will run the last final to try find it’. Reacting to his 4th win of the season and his 4th in succession at the Hudy Arena, Coelho said, ‘finishing here with a win is the best way to end the ETS’.

‘I thought I had a pretty good car but after the first 3-minutes it fell off a little. Maybe I overheated the tyres’, was how Hagberg summed up A2. He continued, ‘Bruno didn’t make any mistakes this time but it was a solid second and shows our cars work well. I hope I can secure second in the last one’.

Orlowski described A2 as, ‘the same as the first one, a boring race, I was just sitting there’. The EOS Champion continued, ‘I was glad I had a big gap behind. Viktor was struggling and held up the field but there was nothing I could do about the Xrays’. Putting in an impressive ETS performance this weekend despite it being only his second outing of Season #11, the Pole said, ‘the sweeper before the straight I am losing the time to Bruno and Alex and this is something we need to improve for next season. For the last one I will drive the best I can and see what happens’.

The second round of A-Mains would also see the 40+ Masters and Pro Stock winners decided. In 40+, Thomas Oehler was again the class of the field and with his win becomes the inaugural Champion of the class that was introduced this season. In the Xray Pro Stock class, outgoing champion Alexander Duchet took an emotional win. The Frenchman has endured a tough season and being able to finish out the season back at the top after intense pressure from new champion Rathiesky clearly meant a lot to the Xray driver. After a clash with Jan Rathiesky in A1 that allowed Simon Lauter through for the win, Olivier Bultynck took the A2 win in Formula from Rathiesky and Lauter meaning it goes to A3 to decide the overall winner.

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